Links for Sunday March 29^th, 2009

• The Guts of a New Machine - The New York Times: John Gruber recently re-linked to this article about the ascendency of the iPod, and it was fun to re-read it. What really amazed me was how wrong all of the critics of and competitors to the iPod turned out to be. And I have a strong feeling that history is going to repeat itself -- re-read this article, and insert the word "iPhone" wherever it says "iPod". My guess is that we'll be reading that article in a few years (if the NYT is still around, anyway).

• Caterina.net: Growing Power: Caterina Fake (Flickr, Hunch) on Cuba's urban gardens, which produce nearly all fruits and vegetables consumed within the country. I have been skeptical of the urban gardening movement, but stories like this are starting to bring me around.

• Salon.com Life | The monster inside my son: Heartbreaking tale of a mother with an adult son who has autism. I never knew about this side of autism, and to my mind this story only highlights the fact that further research into this disease is needed.